A LOW pressure system moving east lashed the Riverina on Sunday, bringing strong and gusty winds that brought down trees in several areas.
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A State Emergency Service (SES) spokeswoman said the service responded to four calls for help in Wagga due to roof damage.
Also, a lane on the Sturt Highway near the hospital was closed while workers cleared blocked drains.
By 9am, wind gusts of 50 km/h were recorded at the airport, Wagga weather office technical officer Nigel Smedley said.
He said gusts of up to 60 km/h battered Griffith, West Wyalong, Temora and Hay.
On the Hume Highway near Holbrook, a wind gust brought down a large gum tree, hitting and overturning a motorist's car and closing southbound lanes.
Trees were also brought down in Batlow, the Hume Highway near the Snowy Mountains Highway and on the Burrinjuck Dam Road.
Mr Smedley said the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) classified the wind conditions as "strong", a level below gale force winds.
A trough sitting on the NSW/Victorian border brought the winds and rainfall, according to BOM.
More than 22 millimetres of rain fell in Wagga, with more than 24 millimetres recorded in Albury.
Maxwell agronomist Don Kirkpatrick said the rainfall came at the wrong time for farmers.
"A month ago it would have been perfect," he said.
"It's all about timing; now is no good for crops. It's a bit too late in the season."
Mr Kirkpatrick said, other than losing a day's work, the wind conditions would not affect wheat and canola harvest.
The worst of the weather had passed by about 3pm as the low pressure system moved east.
Mr Smedley said a high over the Great Australian Bight would shift north to the Riverina.
"That will bring generally stable weather for our region for the next four or five days," he said.
BOM is predicting a maximum of 24 degrees today and 28 degrees tomorrow.
